New servers! :)

September 05, 2009, 02:06:41 AM Posted by LiroyvH on September 05, 2009, 02:06:41 AM in New servers! :) | 22 Comments
Hello faithful SMF users!


Simple Machines LLC is happy to announce that we just purchased and installed 2 brand new servers!
These 2 servers will help keep the SMF site fast and provide more room to grow.  It will also serve the many SMF users that come here on a daily basis. These servers are the replacements for 2 older servers which we had outgrown.

These new servers are of the following specifications:

Server 1
HP Compaq ProLiant DL360 G5
Dual Intel Xeon QuadCore 2,33Ghz (12MB Cache)
8GB DDR2 SDRAM
6x 146GB 10k SAS hard drives

Server 2
HP Compaq ProLiant DL360 G5
Dual Intel Xeon QuadCore 2,33Ghz (12MB Cache)
8GB DDR2 SDRAM
2x 146GB 10k SAS hard drives

We would like to thank all charter members and users that made a donation to make this possible.
Without your generosity, this would not have been possible.

Thank you for using our great software and helping to make SMF even better!

Comments

Costa on September 05, 2009, 02:32:28 AM said
Thank you all!

I want one quadcore too :P
islam2hamy on September 05, 2009, 03:18:34 AM said
good work SMF.
Dzonny on September 05, 2009, 12:30:45 PM said
great, hope that this will improve our community... :D
Nibogo on September 05, 2009, 02:45:22 PM said
Sweet! :)
Hell Raiser on September 06, 2009, 09:26:00 AM said
Yippe!! :o ................

Nice Work  :)
sAce on September 06, 2009, 09:58:07 AM said
ohh yeah, more speed !!!
Eliana Tamerin on September 06, 2009, 01:15:01 PM said
Quote from: CoreISP on September 05, 2009, 02:06:41 AM
Server 1
HP Compaq ProLiant DL360 G5
Dual Intel Xeon QuadCore 2,33Ghz (12MB Cache)
8GB DDR2 SDRAM
6x 146GB 10k SAS hard drives

Server 2
HP Compaq ProLiant DL360 G5
Dual Intel Xeon QuadCore 2,33Ghz (12MB Cache)
8GB DDR2 SDRAM
2x 146GB 10k SAS hard drives

I don't think that's enough. :P
karlbenson on September 06, 2009, 02:58:09 PM said
Indeed it doesn't look like much.

I've got just as much GB's at home.
JBlaze on September 06, 2009, 03:07:36 PM said
Nice job ;D
Dragooon on September 09, 2009, 02:27:09 AM said
Are you guys running the multiple HDDs on RAID? But the specs look sweet :D, Dual Intel Xeon..man...*Starts drooling*.
Forbs on September 09, 2009, 04:11:42 AM said
Quote from: islam2hamy on September 05, 2009, 03:18:34 AM
good work SMF.
Arantor on September 12, 2009, 11:49:13 AM said
Nice specs! Wouldn't mind a couple of those for my study :P
Something like that on September 13, 2009, 02:57:58 AM said
Quote from: Dragooon on September 09, 2009, 02:27:09 AM
Are you guys running the multiple HDDs on RAID? But the specs look sweet :D, Dual Intel Xeon..man...*Starts drooling*.

Almost certainly RAID 10 on the first machine and RAID 1 on the second. That would be the standard setup for disks in database machines.
Dragooon on September 13, 2009, 03:23:11 AM said
Quote from: Mark Rose on September 13, 2009, 02:57:58 AM
Quote from: Dragooon on September 09, 2009, 02:27:09 AM
Are you guys running the multiple HDDs on RAID? But the specs look sweet :D, Dual Intel Xeon..man...*Starts drooling*.

Almost certainly RAID 10 on the first machine and RAID 1 on the second. That would be the standard setup for disks in database machines.
Yeah, otherwise I don't see the point of having multiple HDDs against one big HDD unless the cost is that much different(Which I very much doubt).

EDIT : I just realized these are 10k SAS drives, hm then that maybe a different story.
Something like that on September 13, 2009, 04:15:57 AM said
Quote from: Dragooon on September 13, 2009, 03:23:11 AM
Quote from: Mark Rose on September 13, 2009, 02:57:58 AM
Quote from: Dragooon on September 09, 2009, 02:27:09 AM
Are you guys running the multiple HDDs on RAID? But the specs look sweet :D, Dual Intel Xeon..man...*Starts drooling*.

Almost certainly RAID 10 on the first machine and RAID 1 on the second. That would be the standard setup for disks in database machines.
Yeah, otherwise I don't see the point of having multiple HDDs against one big HDD unless the cost is that much different(Which I very much doubt).

EDIT : I just realized these are 10k SAS drives, hm then that maybe a different story.

In a database machine, the 33% improvement in latency over 7.2k drives is totally worth the money.
TwitchisMental on September 15, 2009, 05:22:40 PM said
Quote from: Arantor on September 12, 2009, 11:49:13 AM
Nice specs! Wouldn't mind a couple of those for my study :P

HAHAHAHA Yeah what he said.

Good work though :D.
Powerbob on September 16, 2009, 03:00:12 AM said
cool 8)
kroxa on January 25, 2010, 01:36:20 AM said
good work SMF.  ;)
KensonPlays on February 02, 2010, 01:19:40 PM said
GO SMF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Matthew K. on February 02, 2010, 01:25:27 PM said
Thank you to all Donors and Charter Members! Good job SMF!
Arantor on February 02, 2010, 01:43:45 PM said
Question for you, Kcmartz and Labradoodle - this topic is several months old now, why bump it?
Matthew K. on February 02, 2010, 02:15:38 PM said
Arantor - Wow, more than several, I'd not noticed the start date, just going through new replies and saw it.
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